Fantasy Stories

  • Like A Mountain

    Think of life like a mountain. It is your own personal mountain, and the people you meet will either help you climb it, or try to drag you down. You can walk around the mountain, climb straight up, or take an indirect route to the top. Each path will vary in difficulty. If you go straight to the top, it’s going to be a tough climb and the chance of getting hurt is close to 100%. But the reward is you get to experience the beautiful view from the top for longer. The indirect route allows you to experience more of…

  • Greater Success at Achieving your Goals

    The darkness can be overwhelming, smothering any light trying to shine. Know there is hope and even though it may not seem like it. It is during these moments when persistence, dedication and routine can make all the difference. Persistence is the act of continuing on a course even when challenges block the way. Especially when feeling depressed or beaten, this is when we want to quit. The mind can come up with a thousand different excuses as to why we should relinquish our commitment to our task. Humans have this innate ability to rationalize. Persistence is the act of…

  • For The Last Time

    A friend of mine showed me a quote which read, “I wonder how many places I have visited for the last time?” She and I were having lunch together and I immediately asked her to send me the quote so I could revisit the idea when I could focus my full attention on it. It is an overwhelming concept. To think of how many places in your life you will never revisit. The ones that come to my mind are my childhood home, my elementary school and middle school. The number of places is so numerous it is difficult to…

  • Walk With Me

    The world passes by while I whistle my tune. A melody as soft as a feather and just as calming. No one has cared to join in, but it does catch the ear of a few. They slow down and walk with me for a while. A smile spreads across their face as they listen. Then they are gone, as quick as they had come along. They leave happier than they had arrived, with a little less weight on their shoulders. Even though none stayed, I will always remember them.

  • Starting Blocks

    When I think about being fit my mind travels to when I was young. Yet if my mother hauled out the photo albums you wouldn’t see a little boy with ripped arms and a muscular figure. You would see an awkward looking kid with a lopsided grin as big as can be. Even during the height of my physical prowess, I was lanky and thin. However, the amount of energy I bottled up in such a small frame was ridiculous. I remember staying awake many nights reading books in an attempt to calm myself down from the lack of physical…

  • One, Five,and Ten

    A dear friend of mine and I were talking today. As we have disclosed to each other at various times before, neither of us are happy with our current lifestyle. He suggested writing down where I see myself in one, five and ten years. At first thought, this seemed like an easy task. However when I sat down for this simple writing assignment, I found it to be much more difficult. It might be the fact that I was trying to use Excel to capture these thoughts and goals, but I believe it was something else entirely. I could chalk…

  • To Whom it May Concern

    To whom it may concern, The days and years dwindle with unexpected haste. The seasons pass with a glimmer of happiness. In my eyes, it seems like the world is speeding past as if I am a passenger staring out of the window of a car. I can’t give an exact date of when this phenomenon began. It just happened like the moment a rainstorm turns to a snowstorm. I am sure in the nitty gritty details a specific incident causing my transformation could be found. To me, life happened. One moment I was happy and striving for the affection of a…

  • Outrun Fate

    I can feel the hand of fate bearing down on me like a train, it’s vibrations shaking me to the core. Still I try to run. I run as fast as my legs will take me. I don’t care about the direction as log as I am able to put a sliver of distance between me and the inevitable. One second delayed means I can buy ten. If I can manage ten seconds I have a shot at sixty. Yet as fate and I play this age-old game, I have witnessed the world around me change. I am no longer…